Begonia oxyloba Welw. ex Hook. f.

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Photo: David Gwynne-Evans
Slopes of Mt Mabu.

Synonyms:	Begonia kummeriae Gilg
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Description:	Annual herb with unbranched ascending stems up to 55 cm high, often rooting at the lower nodes. Leaves more or less ovate in outline, 7-14 cm long, mostly with 5 pointed lobes, cordate at the base, green, hairless or sparsely hispid above, hairless and darker green or reddish beneath; margin shallowly and irregularly toothed; petiole 8-23 cm long; stipules linear up to 20 mm long. Flowers in axillary heads on peduncles 15-30 mm long, unisexual, pale pink. Fruit ellipsoid, 20-30 mm long, not winged, crowned by the long stipe.
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Derivation of specific name:	oxyloba: with sharp(-ly pointed) lobes.
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Worldwide distribution:	Most of tropical Africa and Madagascar.
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Kupicha, F.K. (1978). Begoniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 500 - 501.

Flora of Malawi: Begonia oxyloba
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